VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, after being released from hospital on March 23, following a five-week stay which saw ...

As the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Farrell now oversees the day-to-day affairs of the Apostolic See until a ...

The former bishop of Dallas has assumed the role of the acting head of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, at the age of 88. As ...

The pope's death at age 88 ends a 12-year papacy that began with the historic resignation of Francis' predecessor in 2013.

The funeral, which will take place in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, is part of a nine-day mourning period that includes Francis' body lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica for three days.

Following the death of Pope Francis, an Irish-American cardinal is playing a leading role in overseeing Vatican affairs until ...

Archbishop of Omaha George J. Lucas and Archbishop of Chicago Blasé Cupich, an Omaha native and a cardinal, spoke with KETV ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St.<a ...